At Pearce Williams Summer Camp & Retreat Facility, our aim is to provide the best summer camp experience for your child. Pearce Williams strives to do this in a non-competitive, caring way, allowing your child to discover the world around them, while promoting success, self-confidence and self-esteem in a safe, secure and stimulating environment, while living and growing within our Christian community.

The emphasis is always on participation, effort and attitude! We feel that camp is a unique place where every child can be a winner. We provide campers with the opportunity to become part of a family, where they can take healthy risks, get rewarded for successes and develop self-esteem and life skills. In the meantime they will learn about independence, interdependence, tolerance, responsibility, friendship and loyalty.

It is at summer camp that they learn to take risks, learn to resolve conflicts in a natural manner, learn to appreciate and protect our environment, learn to stay healthy, learn to be responsible for their personal belongings, and learn to have fun with unabashed enthusiasm.

2020 Camp Descriptions and Rates

Family Camp weekend is centered around you and your family relaxing and enjoying camp.

Our staff will lead many activities all day long - we have children's program and adult's program for a couple of hours in the morning and the afternoon. Evenings are filled with amazing programs and special guests. We also do a fireworks display to celebrate Canada Day, so bring your lawn-chairs, sparklers and some fireworks to donate to add to the show!

Pearce Williams staff will help serve your family at meal time so that you don't have to do anything but hang out.

The Counsellor-In-Training Program is for youth who want to learn, like working with children and want to work at camp in the future. The program includes a one week training camp and then two weeks of cabin placement working directly with a counsellor - you will learn to do by doing. Contact our camp director Matt "Iscus" Honsberger (iscus@campisbetter.com) for more information and to set up an interview for your CIT camper.

Our All Ages Camps are open to all ages - that's why we call them All Age!

July All Ages Camp is our kick-off week to start the summer. Your camper will get to choose from a variety of programs that are offered each day. The goal at Pearce Williams is to allow your camper to gain self-esteem and self-confidence, while living in a community setting and learning to live and interact with others.

Wilderness Camp lets your camper experience life in the great outdoors – sleeping in tents, cooking over the fire and learn how to canoe. Wilderness Camp allows campers to gain self-confidence and respect for others. Wilderness campers must be ready to spend the week outside and participate in a variety of exciting outdoor activities. They will hike everyday and go on a day long canoe trip during the week. A love for the outdoors is a must!

Sports & Arts Week will let your camper choose to specialize in either sports or arts for the week.

Each camper will choose between doing two sessions of sports per day or two sessions of arts programming per day. All the great regular programs happen as well where your camper will get to choose on a daily basis.

During World Camp week your camper will have the opportunity to stay in buildings that showcase what life looks like in Thailand, Mongolia and a Shanti Town. While experiencing games, crafts, sports, and, of course, food from these cultures and more, you will also learn about poverty and social justice issues in these cultures and ways that you can make a difference in the world around you! Limit 30 participants.

Did you know? There is no other program like World Camp in all of Canada!

Our All Ages Camps are open to all ages - that's why we call them All Ages!

This All Ages Camp is for Girls Only! Your camper will get to choose from a variety of programs that are offered each day. The goal at Pearce Williams is to allow your camper to gain self-esteem and self-confidence, while living in a community setting and learning to live and interact with others.

Do you want to help your camper discover more about leadership and their potential to lead? Yes? Great! Then a week of LIT is what you’re looking for!

Leadership camp helps youth learn about leadership, stewardship, communication, teamwork and many other skills that will help them out for years to come. Leadership Campers will have many opportunities to practice their skills by leading games, activities and helping with our Primary Campers.

Our Junior Wilderness Camp lets your camper experience life in the great outdoors with other younger campers – sleeping in tents, cooking over the fire and learn how to canoe.

Wilderness Camp allows campers to gain self-confidence and respect for others. Wilderness campers must be ready to spend the week outside and participate in a variety of exciting outdoor activities. They will hike everyday and go on a day-long canoe trip during the week. A love for the outdoors is a must!

Our All Ages Camps are open to all ages - that's why we call them All Ages!

Your camper will get to choose from a variety of programs that are offered each day. The goal at Pearce Williams is to allow your camper to gain self-esteem and self-confidence, while living in a community setting and learning to live and interact with others.

Wilderness Camp lets your camper experience life in the great outdoors – sleeping in tents, cooking over the fire and learn how to canoe. Wilderness Camp allows campers to gain self-confidence and respect for others. Wilderness campers must be ready to spend the week outside and participate in a variety of exciting outdoor activities. They will hike everyday and go on a day long canoe trip during the week. A love for the outdoors is a must!

Youth camp offers your older camper a chance to hang out for the last week of the summer while doing some amazing camp activities. All of the favourites are here - swimming, maker-space, etc. but we like to dial it up a notch for youth camp! Night games & hikes, survival and our end of summer party - Barnfest, all awaits you at Youth Camp.

Youth Camp offers a week that your camper will never forget and will talk about all year.

Apply 13% HST to all the above prices. A non-refundable deposit of $150 per camp is required to secure your camper's spot at Pearce Williams. The balance of camp fees are due on or before June 15, 2020.

Camper Choice-Based Program Explained

Tier System Explained

Realizing that families have different abilities to pay, Pearce Williams Christian Centre offers a voluntary three-tier payment program. You may choose the tier that is most suitable for your family. The Tier System allows us to continue to offer our our amazing summer camp programs while letting everyone know the true cost of camp. The true cost for a week at Pearce Williams is around $500 when all costs are taken into account - this is below the average amount for other camps across Ontario.

Based on the above information you may choose the tier that is most suitable for your family.

Tier I is very close to the true cost of providing our amazing summer camp experience for your child. Tier II is our partially subsidized fee for those who can pay a little less but still can not afford the actual cost of camp.Tier III is the historically subsidized rate for camp. This subsidized rate does not cover the cost of running summer camp, but allows for families in need to still access our summer camp programs.

THIS PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY AND IN NO WAY INFLUENCES THE EXPERIENCE CHILDREN RECEIVE, YET IT OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLL IN SUPPORTING THE TRUE COST OF THEIR CHILD’S CAMP EXPERIENCE. ONLY THE OFFICE STAFF KNOW WHAT TIER THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED AND THAT INFORMATION IS USED ONLY FOR BILLING PURPOSES.

If you cannot afford the cost of Tier III, please email info@campisbetter.com or call (519-764-2317) for a scholarship application. Scholarship applications are due by March 2 2020.

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